Section 62 – Power to meet child carer’s needs for support

Introduction

Access the full text of section 62 of the Care Act. The official explanatory notes to the act describe this section as follows: “This section provides a power for a local authority to meet a child’s carer’s needs for support. A child’s carer’s needs will usually be met under section 17 of the Children Act […]

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